Is percutaneous repair better than open repair in acute Achilles tendon rupture?

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 470, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 998-1003

  Henríquez, Hugo ^a   Muñoz, Roberto ^a   Carcuro, Giovanni ^a   Bastías, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ADULT; ANKLE PERIMETER; CALF PERIMETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMETIC APPEARANCE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; OPEN TENDON REPAIR; PERCUTANEOUS TENDON REPAIR; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RERUPTURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCAR; SCAR LENGTH; SINGLE HEEL RISE TEST; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORK RESUMPTION; WOUND COMPLICATION; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

EID: 84859831346     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-011-1830-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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